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Bill Gates donates $40 million for global livestock health

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Canndescent raises $10 million to expand cannabis flower production

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First agricultural commodity transaction using blockchain completes between the U.S. and China

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Cargill and PURIS accelerate North American pea protein production

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SmartAg automates existing farm equipment with cloud-based platform

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mPrest and Netafim partner to identify trends crucial to abundant crops

In Israel, mPrest, a global provider of mission-critical monitoring, control and big data analytics software for the Industrial Internet of Things, Internet of Energy...

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